Happy Birthday Peter Coyote(Rachmil Cohon)-71 Ben Vereen(Benjamin Middleton)-66 David Lee Roth-58 Tanya Tucker-54 Julia Sweeney-53 Gavin Newsom-45 Brett Favre-43 Jonathan Manu Bennett-43 Mario Lopez-39 ; 1845 The U.S. Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Md. ; 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion and resigned his office.
October 9
Happy Birthday RIP John Lennon(1940–1980) ; Clyde Jackson Browne-64 Sharon Osbourne(Arden)-60 Tony Shalhoub-59 John O’Hurley-58 Scott Bakula-58 Sean Lennon-37 Brandon Routh-33 ; 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) was chartered in New Haven. ; 1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
October 8
Happy Birthday Rona Barrett(Burstein)-76 Paul Hogan-73 Cornelius “Chevy” Chase-69 Sarah Purcell-64 Susan “Sigourney” Weaver-63 Darrell Hammond-57 Stephanie Zimbalist-56 Matt Damon-42 ; 1904 – Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was incorporated as a city.
October 7
Happy Birthday RIP June Allyson(Eleanor Geisman 1917–2006) ; Desmond Tutu-81 Joy Behar(Josephina Occhiuto)-70 John Mellencamp-61Judy Landers(Hamburg)-54 Dylan Baker-53 Simon Cowell-53 Dan Savage-48 Toni Braxton-45 Shawn Ashmore-33 ; 1868 Cornell University was inaugurated in Ithaca, N.Y.
October 6
Happy Birthday RIP Janet Gaynor(1906–1984) ; Elisabeth Shue-49 Ioan Gruffudd-39 Jeff Bryan Davis-39 Jeremy Sisto-38 Wes Ramsey-35 Olivia Thirlby-26 ; 1927 The era of talking pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson.
October 5
Happy Birthday RIP Larry Fine(Louis Feinberg 1902–1975) Jeff Conaway (1950–2011) ; Steve Miller-69 Karen Allen-61 Clive Barker-60 Guy Pearce-45 Kate Winslet-37 Jesse Eisenberg-29 ; 1921 – Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.; 1947 President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised address from the White House.
October 4
Happy Birthday Anne Rice(Howard O’Brien)-71 Susan Sarandon(Susan Tomalin)-66 Armand Assante-63 Christoph Waltz-56 Bill Fagerbakke-55 Jon Secada(Juan Martínez)-51 Isaac Liev Schreiber-45 Alicia Silverstone-36 Rachael Leigh Cook-33 ; 1883 – First run of the Orient Express ; 1957 – “Leave It to Beaver” premiered on CBS
October 3
Happy Birthday RIP Eugene “Gore” Vidal(1925–2012) ; Chubby Checker(Ernest Evans)-71 Roy Horn-68 Lindsey Buckingham-63 Pamela Hensley-62 Peter “Jack” Wagner-53 Tommy Lee(Thomas Bass)-50 Clive Owen-48 Gwen Stefani-43 Neve Campbell-39 Lena Headey-39 Sean William Scott-36 Jake Shears(Jason Sellards)-34 ; 1955 “Captain Kangaroo” premiered on CBS and “The Mickey Mouse Club” premiered on ABC.
October 2
Happy Birthday RIP Mohandas Gandhi(1869–1948) Julius “Groucho” Marx(1890–1977) ; Rex Reed-74 Avery Brooks-64 Annie Leibovitz-63 Mike Rutherford-62 Sting(Gordon Sumner)-61 Robbie Nevil-54 Lorraine Bracco-58 Kelly Ripa-42 Tiffany Darwisch-41 ; 1950 The comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz was first published. ; 1959 “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS.
October 1
Happy Birthday RIP Walter Matthow (1920–2000) Tom Bosley(1927–2010) ; Jimmy Carter-88 Julie Andrews(Julia Wells)-77 Randy Quaid-62 Elizabeth Dennehy-52 Mark McGwire-49 Ted King-47 Cindy Margolis-47 Zach Galifianakis-43 Rupert Friend-31 ; 1908 – Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market; each car cost $825.